Medication errors can result in prolonged hospitalization for a client. _____
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: True
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A school nurse has sent home four children who show evidence of pediculosis capitis. What is an important instruction the nurse should include in the note being sent home to parents?
A) The child's scalp should be monitored for 48 to 72 hours before starting treatment. B) Nits may have to be manually removed from the child's hair shafts. C) The disease is self-limiting and symptoms will abate within 1 week. D) Efforts should be made to improve the child's level of hygiene.
On admission to the ER, the patient with a compression fracture at C5 can move only his head and has flaccid paralysis of all extremities. The distraught family asks if the paralysis is permanent. The nurse's best response would be:
1. "Yes. In all likelihood, the paralysis is probably permanent." 2. "No. There should be marked recovery of function in a few days." 3. "It is too early to tell. When spinal shock subsides, we will know more." 4. "You should talk to your doctor about things of that nature."
Using the family stress theory as an intervention approach for working with families experiencing parenting, the nurse can help the family change internal context factors. These include:
a. Biologic and genetic makeup. b. Maturation of family members. c. The family's perception of the event. d. The prevailing cultural beliefs of society.
The earliest recognizable clinical manifestation of cystic fibrosis (CF) is:
a. Meconium ileus. b. History of poor intestinal absorption. c. Foul-smelling, frothy, greasy stools. d. Recurrent pneumonia and lung infections.